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NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
The Most Important Invention of History
“FARMING LOOKS MIGHT EASY WHEN YOUR PLOW IS
A PENCIL, AND YOU’RE A THOUSAND MILES FROM
THE CORN FIELD.”Dwight D. Eisenhower
WORDS OF WISDOM
WHY IS INVENTION OF FARMING IMPORTANT?
Surplus Food
Stable Food
Increase Population
Labor Specializatio
n
CivilizationAdvances
No Farming No Surplus
Food No Civilization
10,000 BC START OF DOMESTICATION
14120
Domesticated
Species
7.5 Million Animal Species
12200
Domesticated
1,500? Plants Edible by humans
200,000 Plant Species
Women
Men
9000 BC
Grain Barley
6500 BC Rice
3500 BC Corn/Potat
o
9000 BC
Sorghum
4000 BC
Horse 8000 BC
Sheep/Goat8000 BC
OX/Cattle
EFFECTS OF NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
INCREASED POPULATION NEW SOCIAL STRUCTURES FORMED
Band/Families (Dozens) Tribes (Hundreds) Village/City (Thousands)
Catal Huyuk 5000 BC (Turkey)
City-States (Tens Thousands)
Empire (Multiple City-States)10,000 BC 500 BC
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20
40
60
80
100
120
Population
Millions
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OF AGRICULTURE?
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES OF HUNTER/GATHERS?
EFFECTS OF NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION? 5000 BC Agriculture Was Worldwide Agriculture Was Dispersed Unequally Agriculture Went East to West Disease Increased Farmers Slowly Displaced Hunter
Gatherers Specialization of Labor Family Life/Social Structures Change
NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION
The Most Important Invention of History